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Scary: do you believe in 2012 Doomsday Prediction?

I don't know if anyone's interested about debating this topic, but here goes:

Okay, I was watching the History Channel yesterday (no... I wasn't that bored, don't look at me like that!) and it was basically about anciant oracles and predictions from different civilisations ALL predicting "the end of days" aka "apocoloypse" in the year 2012. A summery of the program can be found here

Now I'm quite scientific, and at first I was thinking ha ha... but then they told of the writings of an ancient Greek woman that (through the gas of the volcanoe, she became possessed (actually the gas has the same effect as sniffing glue, so she was hellucinating rather than being posessed)) and predicted things like Alexander the Great conquering the than known world, what was it, 80 years before it happened! That freaked me out!! Another prediction (by the same womam? I forgot?) Was she predicted the son of Christ would come, 30 years before he was born... Okay, now that was creepy!

She also predicted Tsunami's, war, famine, meteor strikes (a bit much and dramatic I know). If you think about it; there's global warming now, there are wars, (no meteor stikes) and in 2012 there voting for the next president... AAAHHHHH!!! COULD IT BE TRUE?!

Of coarse not.

But it would be interesting to know what other ppl think

P.S
I missed the beginning, and couldn't watch the end because the channel went mute...

When the Y2K thing in 2000 happened, I had some friends who insisted that I go to a church service, accept Christ and then be saved from the oblivion. The oblivion didn't happen and while those people were singing hymns and praying, which I suppose is enjoyable to some, I had a smashing good time at a rave, won a lucky draw prize and partied till 6am.

I don't believe it- HOWEVER it does creep me out because my friend who's always on the mark with his predictions (even guessing whether someone's baby will be a boy or a girl AND the exact weight... truly.) had said way before we ever started hearing about this 2012 stuff how he feels something big is going to happen in 2012. He said he doesn't think it'll be a "doomsday" thing, but some big event.

No i do not believe it. The Israelites said that in 2000, God was going to come and kill the pope and in the same year the nukes were supposed to go off, and in 2003 Sky Net was supposed to be initiated and make robots and take over us. Load of bull. The whole tsunami, meteor, and war thing, well duh, what else do you expect. Tsunami's are natural, meteors, we had the Tunguska meteor blow up a part of russia last century, and war, well duh that is self explanatory.

I have a question for you. How did they say the world was going to end? From what i know, they have said nothing. People have flipped out about this because they look at the Mayan calendar and see that it ends on that day and made an assumption that that must be the end of the world because the Mayans were so advanced with their astrology.

Eh, I don't know. I don't particularly believe any mortal can predict the end of the world. It's odd, because I'm doing a research paper on Nostradamus right now, and reading his predictions, and they way they were vague.. Yeah... I doubt the world will end in 2012, is what I'm trying to say, basically.

Man, you folks are gullible!! Do you know how long humanity has been predicting it's own demise?!?! Since it freakin began!!! And guess what? We're still here.

So do I believe? Nah. Predicting meteors, war, famine, disease, etc. is the silver bullet of the End Of Humanity. Everybody from Nostradamus to today's Apocalyptics predict that stuff. They cover everything so that they can't really be wrong.

Is the world gonna end? Yes. Will any of us currently reading this forum see it? Highly doubtful, unless we have an immortal in the group.

Man, you folks are gullible!! Do you know how long humanity has been predicting it's own demise?!?! Since it freakin began!!! And guess what? We're still here.

So do I believe? Nah. Predicting meteors, war, famine, disease, etc. is the silver bullet of the End Of Humanity. Everybody from Nostradamus to today's Apocalyptics predict that stuff. They cover everything so that they can't really be wrong.

Is the world gonna end? Yes. Will any of us currently reading this forum see it? Highly doubtful, unless we have an immortal in the group.

Peace,
DaSOCOM

How exactly are we gullible about 2012 when so far everyone's agreed they don't believe it? LOL

Well, it is only right to answer this question if you know HOW the world will end. Let me sum up the following evidence:

Yellowstone Volcano (In the USA) is set to erupt soon. The power of its explosion would destroy most of USA, with a force of a couple hundred Megatons. That's like 500 nuclear Hydrogen Bombs. It would also release enough ash to cover at least 75&#37; of the globe, blocking out the sun, and coating the ground. Now who predicted this?

The Mayans. According to them, doomsday is set on December 12th, 2012 by our calender. And Nostradamus, who successfully predicted both world wars. He predicted the end of the world as nine days later, the 21st. I'm not taking a stand, I'm just saying.

Either way, if Yellowstone erupts (within the next 100 years it will) we will all die. Whther in the explosion, ash, or ensuing nuclear war.

Heh well i am not such a believer in those kind of things but here goes.I know that Nostradamus once said that it will all end in a small country on the Balkan in southern Europe.The wars will start there and it will all soon end.Well what do you know i am in that small country and i am mega freaked out!!It's like wars here all the time and it's pretty much crappy so way not cool!I don't like to believe in those things but Nostradamus is one of the people who said things will happen and they did happen!!!!Well this may not be true but the thing with the volcano in America is pretty much true it's just a matter of time before it goes pooof and down the drain we go.Also there are things like the meteors which are also likely to happen.You never know what's happening in the outer space and what manner of beasts are lurking out there so that way maybe even aliens will come.I mean you can't say something against them since no one knows what's out there!!Well that was my opinion.

Unfortunately or fortunately depending on how you look at it, when Yellowstone Volcano erupts, most of us are pretty much going to go bye bye. Is that fortunate or unfortunate? I'm leaning towards fortunate (I won't be around anyway). It's like a new beginning and probably a new Ice Age. With how much crap is going on in the world today, I think it'd be a good idea to 'erase the board' and start over anyway.

But who knows how far technology will have advanced by then? Humanity may yet survive....if we're not all melted down by lava, suffocating from unclean air, and getting strange skin conditions from lack of sunlight. ^_^;

As for the topic, erm, I can't say I believe in predictions on such a large scale. Small readings for divination and scrying, I'll believe because it's for a single person or small group. And if it proves to be accurate, then it's pretty amazing stuff. But such predictions where it deals with the fate of the entire world? I think not. But, like it was said, one day in the near or far future, the world as we know it will go boom. ^_^ It's just a matter of how and when. I'm more interested in the how than the when though.

I prefer not to believe in some forecast of destruction and the end of the world by a person's predictions. It's only in that, through history classes and my own bit of research, I know how much people can get wrapped up in that sort of thing, and... quite frankly, I rather live out my life, even if it is by some unfortunate set of circumstances, coming to an end, the way I always have.

But, if the world does happen to end on December 21st, 2012, well... that's a shame. -Shrugs-

I'd be dissapointed to see the world end just as many different parts of the world are proceeding through the Industrial Revolution. Not only that, but humans are starting to move out into the depths of space, seeing what there is to find out there. And, truthfully, since these things are of intense interest to me, along with a good deal of other stuff, I'd have to say that it'd be a serious let down for the world to just end before the chance arises for me to make my own steps out into the world and see what it is I can discover for myself.

I know more about that then alot of people as far as i know. The 2012 clock just stops at that point in time, they most likely never got around to makeing it any farther. Also other armageddon dates that say 2012 call it "armageddon" and the true meaning of it is not the end of the world so you all know, it is a new beginning, not the end. not everything would have to end to start a new, but it could. i do not think that it is real, but if i turned out to be wrong then so be it there is nothing i can do about it.

we should not worry about something that we have no, or little control over, just live your life enjoy your freedom( not everyone can.) and live without any regrets.

Well, it is only right to answer this question if you know HOW the world will end. Let me sum up the following evidence:

Yellowstone Volcano (In the USA) is set to erupt soon. The power of its explosion would destroy most of USA, with a force of a couple hundred Megatons. That's like 500 nuclear Hydrogen Bombs. It would also release enough ash to cover at least 75&#37; of the globe, blocking out the sun, and coating the ground. Now who predicted this?

The Mayans. According to them, doomsday is set on December 12th, 2012 by our calender. And Nostradamus, who successfully predicted both world wars. He predicted the end of the world as nine days later, the 21st. I'm not taking a stand, I'm just saying.

Either way, if Yellowstone erupts (within the next 100 years it will) we will all die. Whther in the explosion, ash, or ensuing nuclear war.

your first part is a very smart thing to say, not many people think like that.

The nuke thing is alittle over the top, maybe i can clear it up abit. The 2 nukes droped on Japan in ww2 were each 1megaton i think. the largest nuke known was Russian that was 50 mega tons. So if Yellowstone go boom with a couple hundred mega tons( we will say about 300 for now.) then it can be from the power of 6 nukes( 300/50=6 i am useing this for the russian one.) to 300 nukes( 300/1=300 i am useing this for the first 2 bombs.). Saddly by now in the world we most likely have much stronger bombs that could end up bbeing more powerful then anything Yellowstone could make.

There are other things besides Yellowstone that could kill us, and the most deadly are the unknown space reactions that we can never see comeing. Also there could just be a newvirus that kills off so many people that humans no longer have suppot and something else finishes us.

by the way armageddon is a new beginning, not the end. somethings, but maybe not all things will have to end to make a new, but odds are we can not stop that because we have no idea what it will be.